OLAPSubsetMember

Description:

This function returns the nth member in the specified subset of the currently open database.

The OLAPSubsetMember function is designed specifically to allow you to view the names of all the members that make up a subset created within a dimension in the specified database. This function returns the name of the subset member within a subset created for a dimension.

The function has the following syntax:

Syntax: OLAPSubsetMember (database, dimension, subset, n)

Explained below are the 4 parameters that have to be provided when building this function.

• Database : Enter the name of the database which has the dimension that you want to access / enter the cell reference which has the name of this Database.
• Dimension : Enter the name of the dimension in the above mentioned database whose subset names you want to access / enter the cell reference which has the name of such a dimension.
• Subset : Enter the name of the subset created in the above mentioned dimension, and whose member names you want to access / enter the cell reference which has the name of such a subset.
• N : Enter the index number corresponding to the required subset member name in the above mentioned subset for a specified dimension / enter the cell reference which has this index as a value.

Remarks

• If a connection is not established with a database the result will be a #value.
• The name of the dimension and subset must be a valid name, referenced by its accurate name that exists in the database to which a connection is made.
• The value for parameter "n" must be a positive real integer and should correspond to the value for the subset member name that the function has to return.
• All arguments are compulsory and neither argument is optional.

Example

This function may be easier to understand with an example.

• In order to build this function with more ease, open the specific database and bring a slice from that database into Excel. In this way you will have connected to PowerOLAP because you now have the OLAPOpen formula automatically on your sheet when you bring a slice of the cube into Excel.
• In Excel, use the menu: Insert -> Function and select PowerOLAP from the drop down list.
• Choose the OLAPSubsetMember function from the list of functions provided and click "Ok".
• When building the formula enter the cell range for the database name, the dimension name , the name of a subset within this dimension and type in the index number for the member of this subset. If you don't want to manually type in the dimension name, or the subset name use the OLAPDimension and the OLAPSubset function respectively and access the dimension name and subset name through their respective functions and reference the cell with the necessary value when building this function.
• In the following example B1 is the cell that holds the database name, B5 is the cell that holds the dimension name, J54 is the cell that holds the subset name and the number 4 is the index of the member in the subset referenced through J54. The subset member name corresponding to this index will be returned by the function.

=OLAPSubsetMember ($B$1, $B$5, $J$54, 4)

 

The above formula returns a value = " Qtr_4 " which is the value for the name of the subset member at the index 4 (n) from the subset "TimeSubset" (J54) that resides in the dimension "Time (Periods) "(B5) in the database "Acuity" (B1).